Daddy's little princes syndrome

[lucyellensmum]

Honestly, he is besotted...........totally infatuatied with her!!! I would be sweet if it wasn't turning her into a spoilt brat!!

Does anyone else have this??

Don't get me wrong, im not complaining he is lovely with her, but he is spoiling her

You keep on posting your AIBU topics lucyellensmum, this is a free forum, take no notice to Niceshoes.

LEM. He can't change who/what he is but he could change some of his behaviour - namely the bits that you really feel might turn your DD into a spoilt brat. Or, it might turn out that she continues to manipulate him, but behaves fine for you and other adults, where she knows she won't get away with it. In which case, maybe there's not really a problem..... apart from for him, when he realises the hole he's dug for himself!

ihatebikerides, i agree, she doesnt try it on when he isn't around so, his problem. I feel less guilty about the wry smile i leave him with at bedtime when she is giving him a hard time

It seems you have a communication problem with your partner. Maybe you could go on a "parenting course" together. He could learn more about boundaries and you could learn about communication skills. I am sure you are both very loving parents...just seem to have lost self-confidence in the whole thing............you could have had a good laugh about having to go to Argos for the pump thing........it's a pity he wasn't sensitive about the efforts you had made with the sandwiches.

I was wondering if giving in to your little girl would contribute to her growing into an overly demanding adult. I do sometimes wonder why male judges go weak at the knees when confronted by poor "hard done by"
Mummsy.............could be to her advantage in the long run..may get the family and most of his money too.......isn't that how our screwed up society works.

Don't be too hard on the guy. It could be a lot worse.

yes, he could be much worse - i does seem a little mad to be complaining about a daddy who loves his little girl too much. I am very lucky actually, he is a fantastic dad. Even if he does buy other peoples children giant chocolate bars on days out - i wanted to crawl into a hole as the other mum is very strict about sweets Thankfully she was OK about it. Bless him, he just doesn't get it does he........but to be honest, im not so sure i want him to change. What i am going to point out to him though was the absolute pleasure the little boy got from the chocolate as he doesn't have much, whereas DD takes it for granted which i think is sad. He was lovely today, played with the children while me and another mum had a bit of a break. I know i moan about my DP but i don't half love him.